When we first received this amazing image we thought it was (merely) an interesting assemblage reminiscent of Rousseau's Animal Kingdom. Our curiosity piqued, we contacted the photographer, Robert Inouye, and asked him to describe how he made it. We...

I have always been--and will continue to be--a traditional photographer. Because of the unbeatable quality they can produce, medium and large format systems have been my cameras of choice for my entire professional career. But then it...

Funny thing. Creating a portfolio of pristine city images, I recalled lessons learned from the comedy business and applied them to photography. Additionally, by finding fresh perspectives in, oftentimes, ordinary or limited settings, the camera became a...

This website, Jack Neal offers this observation by the noted photographer Duane Michals: "I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody's face in a...

In 1993 Clyde Butcher moved with his family into the heart of the Big Cypress National Preserve, 13 acres of swamp with a two-story dwelling surrounded by wild orchids and irises in the middle of a cypress strand. Today, Clyde sits on his back porch and...

When it comes to image quality combined with convenience it's hard to match medium format. Simple physics tell the tale: the larger film size means less magnification to get to equivalent image sizes--in print or repro--than the smaller 35mm format. In addition, medium format...

Some images are remote and poetic. Others are majestic and dramatic. All represent a fixed and silent moment in the personal vision of photographer Franklin B. Way. In Way's photographs I am reminded of Alfred Stieglitz's words...

I must say that this past year produced a truly wonderful assortment of titles and since it's holiday time, I present a collection of a few of the finest photography books of 2003 as my gift to you. I hope you find them to be as inspiring and creatively enlightening as I did.

I 've always loved books. The most exciting day of my life was when Sister Mary Anthony took St. Catherine of Sienna's second grade class on a field trip to a library. Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library was the first public library in America and although this branch, just...

I'll never forget what Jason Schneider said. It was the mid-80s, and Sony was holding another press introduction of another version of the Mavica. Back then when you said the words "digital imaging," you were talking about Mavica, but...

Henry Wilhelm is a true leader in the field of image permanence. Involved in photography since childhood, Henry became interested in the preservation of photographs in 1963 while working in the hot and humid jungles of Bolivia while serving in the Peace...

Most people are vaguely aware that shutter speeds aren't always as fast as they are marked, that ISO speeds can vary, and that overall, photography isn't that precise a science. What they often don't know is just how far-out things can...